Custom Frame Size & Exporting to Flash

I have a project that requires the final product to be a 600w x 200h FLV file.
My content is basically two .mov files and an jpeg. The two .mov files are to be side by side ( split screen so to speak ) with the jpeg on top.
My output panel looks great and everything seems to be perfect.
However, when I go to export the file through Media Encoder. The final product is usually distorted. I definetely is of lower quality than inside the project. i have tired a bit rate at around 2k. CTR and VTR encoding. etc, etc. Something is not adding up.
Any suggestions on pre-setting the project or export settings?

Premiere Elements is a video editing program and uses standard video aspect ratios: 4:3 and 16:9.
You can output to any size or dimensions, but the project itself must be one of the standard video sizes in the preset pack.
BTW, cropping in video is not the same as cropping a photo. When you crop a photo, you change its size and shape. When you crop a video, you only change the size and shape of the vide you're cropping. The size of the video frame itself does not change.
In other words, if you create a project that's 720x480, add a video to it and crop the video down to 360x240 -- your video project is still 720x480. Your cropped video will just float inside that frame.

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production.
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OBastien wrote:
> Thank you for your reply Chris.
>
> I tried different possible solutions you listed but it's
not working.
> Disabling sound had no effects. Changing the FPS is not
an option, it has to be
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quality was horrible.
>
> I think it is really sad that we have to try different
settings in the hope
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disapointed in Adobe. I'm
> pretty sure it is the fault of Adobe and not Apple,
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codec that does all
> that it would be really great news.
>
> Thank you again,
> Olivier.
>

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